Facsimile edition of the 1974 reissue of Flinders Petrie’s 1917 pioneering typological catalog of Egyptian metal, wooden and composite tools and weapons, one of a number of such catalogs to be reissued in this new series. The volume is arranged by category, first of general tools, including axes, chisels and knives, and then weapons, such as daggers and spears. This is followed by sections on woodworking (artisans') and builders’ tools, personal items, agricultural equipment and a range of domestic items. Within each category, sub-categories are defined, described and discussed and the full range is illustrated as outline drawings and photographs across 79 plates. The catalog addresses questions of chronology, typological development, and distribution, and provides a limited discussion of comparable material from outside Egypt.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• INTRODUCTION
  • 1. Limits of this work
  • 2. System of this work
  • 3. Detail of arrangement
  • Abbreviations
• CHAPTER I: THE PLAIN-BLADE AXE (A)
  • 4. Difference of axe and adze
  • 5. Cypriote imports to Egypt
  • 6. Pillowy forms of axe
  • 7. Methods of copper working
  • 8. Flat cast axes
  • 9. Wide copper axes
  • 10. Plain blade of bronze
  • 11. Round axes
  • 12. Axes with lugs
  • 13. Battle axes
  • 14. Scolloped axes
  • 15. Flanged axes
  • 16. Pole axes
  • 17. Edged batons
  • 18. Halberds
• CHAPTER II: THE SOCKETTED AXE (O)
  • 19. Bronze axes
  • 20. Plain iron axes
  • 21. Deep socket axes
  • 22. Recurved blades
  • 23. Circular sockets
  • 24. Long-back sockets
  • 25. Tubular sockets
  • 26. Oriental axes
  • 27. Double axes in use
  • 28. ” ” ceremonial
  • 29. Local types
  • 30. Made in different centres
  • 31. Weights of double axes
  • 32. Purpose of weights
  • 33. Conclusions
  • 34. Adze axes
  • 35. Pick axes
• CHAPTER III: THE ADZE (Z) AND HOE (J)
  • 36. Early Egyptian adzes
  • 37. Early European adzes
  • 38. Round-topped adzes
  • 39. Later adzes
  • 40. The lug-adzes
  • 41. The late lug-adze
  • 42. Hafting of adzes
  • 43. Eastern socket adze
  • 44. The Egyptian hoe
  • 45. Source of the hoe
• CHAPTER IV: THE CHISEL (C)
  • 46. The bare chisel, square
  • 47. ” deep
  • 48. ” wide
  • 49. ” round
  • 50. The tang chisel, square
  • 51. ” deep
  • 52. ” wide and round
  • 53. The socket chisel, square
  • 54. ” deep
  • 55. ” wide and round
  • 56. The gouge
• CHAPTER V: THE KNIFE (K)
  • 57. Classes of knives
  • 58. Flaying knife
  • 59. Straight-backed
  • 60. Straight-edged
  • 61. Hollow-backed
  • 62. Hollow-edged
  • 63. Recurved
  • 64. Crook-backed
  • 65. Khopesh
  • 66. Double convex (U)
  • 67. Double-edged
  • 68. The sword (E)
  • 69. The sabre
• CHAPTER VI: THE DAGGER (D) AND SPEAR (H)
  • 70. Prehistoric Egyptian daggers
  • 71. xiith dynasty daggers
  • 72. xviith–xviiith dynasties
  • 73. Inlaid handles
  • 74. European dagger, rivetted
  • 75. ” tang daggers
  • 76. Spears of the copper age
  • 77. Evolution of the British spear
  • 78. Wide blade spears
  • 79. Ceremonial spears
  • 80. Forms of various regions
  • 81. Concave-edge spears
  • 82. The fin-blade
  • 83. Flat-blade spears
  • 84. Spear butts
• CHAPTER VII: THE ARROW, THROWSTICK, HARPOON, &C.
  • 85. Forms and uses of the arrow (R)
  • 86. Manufacture of the arrow
  • 87. Flat arrow heads
  • 88. Ribbed arrow heads
  • 89. Triangular arrow heads
  • 90. Barbed arrow heads
  • 91. Rhombic arrow heads
  • 92. Peculiar types
  • 93. Wood and bone arrow heads
  • 94. Bows
  • 95. Throwsticks (V)
  • 96. Slings and bullets
  • 97. Harpoons
  • 98. Fish-hooks
  • 99. Scale armour
  • 100. Rasps and scrapers
• CHAPTER VIII: ARTIZANS’ TOOLS (M)
  • 101. The brace
  • 102. The pump-drill
  • 103. The bow-drill
  • 104. The rimer
  • 105. Bits
  • 106. The auger
  • 107. The drawing knife
  • 108. The plane
  • 109. The anvil
  • 110. Wooden mallets
  • 111. Hammers
  • 112. Tongs
• CHAPTER IX: BUILDERS’ TOOLS (B)
  • 113. The trowel and mortar rake
  • 114. Wedges and wooden chisels
  • 115. Moving of stones
  • 116. Dressing of stones
  • 117. Plastering and brick-making
  • 118. The plumb line and level
  • 119. The square
• CHAPTER X: THE SAW, SICKLE, AND BILL-HOOK
  • 120. Egyptian copper saws (S)
  • 121. European bronze saws
  • 122. Iron and steel saws
  • 123. Framed saws
  • 124. The file and rasp
  • 125. Hard-stone sawing
  • 126. Tubular drilling
  • 127. Nature of cutting points
  • 128. Stone sawing at Tiryns
  • 129. Mauls for hammer-dressing
  • 130. Egyptian sickles (F)
  • 131. European sickles
  • 132. The southern bill-hook
  • 133. The northern bill-hook
• CHAPTER XI: SHEARS, CUTTERS, TOILET TOOLS, AND THREAD WORK
  • 134. Shears (Q)
  • 135. Scissors
  • 136. Hair curlers (X)
  • 137. The scraping razor
  • 138. The notched razor
  • 139. The rotating razor
  • 140. Leather cutters
  • 141. Cutting-out knives
  • 142. Egyptian tweezers (V)
  • 143. European tweezers
  • 144. Borers (N)
  • 145. Papyrus knives
  • 146. Pins
  • 147. Needles
  • 148. Reels and netters
  • 149. Spinning
  • 150. Shuttles and looms
• CHAPTER XII: AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE (G)
  • 151. The wooden hoe
  • 152. Other wooden tools
  • 153. The Italian iron hoe
  • 154. The spade
  • 155. The plough
  • 156. Forks and rakes
  • 157. The snaffle horse-bit (W)
  • 158. The curb
  • 159. The spurs
  • 160. Brands
• CHAPTER XIII: DOMESTIC
  • 161. Fire hooks
  • 162. Manacles
  • 163. Staff head
  • 164. Fish-spears
  • 165. Flesh-hooks
  • 166. Shovels
  • 167. Ladles
  • 168. Spoons
  • 169. Pounders and grinders
  • 170. Fire drills
  • 171. Strigils
  • 172. Benedictory crosses
  • 173. Bolts
  • 174. Tumbler locks
  • 175. Pin locks
  • 176. Fork keys
  • 177. Lifting keys
  • 178. Rotating keys
  • 179. Pulleys and toggles
  • 180. Compasses
  • 181. Chains
  • 182. Casting crucibles
  • 183. ” moulds
  • 184. ” cire perdue
  • 185. Detailed moulds
• CHAPTER XIV: SOME HISTORICAL RESULTS
  • 186. The synopsis sheets
  • 187. Forms peculiar to Egypt
  • 188. Forms unknown in Egypt
  • 189. Forms widely spread
• For list of plates, see SYNOPSIS SHEETS